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| | | (...) As long as we're taking the time to be official, we should also be correct. The "Trans" color names shouldn't be short for "Transparent" because transparent means a lack of color. The "Trans" should be short for "Translucent" which means (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | Re: On obscure color conversions. —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) That's not the way I learned the difference between transparent and translucent. So, I dug out my mini dictionary and looked 'em up: Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond can be clearly perceived." (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | | | Re: On obscure color conversions. —Jeff Boen
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| | | | | | (...) Okay, I'll concede to that... but I'm still calling it translucent ;) J (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | | | | Re: On obscure color conversions. —James Jackson
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| | | | (...) The (...) Jeff, I'm glad you picked up on that. But we're not the company who printed "transparent" in catalogs that are arguably older than both of us. :) James J. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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